40 au Spring 2015 esri.com If you have been using Eclipse with Android Development Tools (ADT) and the ArcGIS Android Eclipse plug-in, you should be aware that Android Studio is the official IDE for Android. You should migrate to Android Studio as soon as you can. For help moving projects, see my blog post “Migrating to Android Studio” on December 19, 2014. If migrating to Android Studio is not an option in the short term, you can continue to use the ArcGIS Android Eclipse plug- in with ArcGIS Android 10.2.4 SDK, but begin thinking about a migration strategy as Esri will not be supporting the Eclipse plug-in with 10.2.5 or later versions of the SDK. However, Esri will continue to sup- port alternative IDEs, such as Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA, through manual project setup. Using Eclipse with ArcGIS Android 10.2.5 SDK To manually set up projects in Eclipse, you will need to download the Android SDK. Eclipse development in Android requires the ADT plug-in. You will also need to un- install any previous versions of the ArcGIS Eclipse plug-in. 1. Select Help > Installation Details. 2. Select ArcGIS for Android Core and By Dan O’Neill, Esri Software Product Release The State of with ArcGIS Android 10.2.5 SDK The recent 10.2.5 release of ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android is intended for use with Android Studio, the official integrated development environ- ment (IDE) for Android development using the Gradle-based build system. This release of the Android SDK is primarily for users who want to use the official Android Development IDE. Please refer to the release notes to see if they affect your ArcGIS Android app workflows. ArcGIS for Android Doc and Samples and click Uninstall. Note: In older versions, you might need to run Help > About Eclipse > Installation Details or Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration. With a clean Eclipse with the ADT de- veloper environment, you can follow the manual project setup instructions provid- ed here. Create an Android Application Project Use the New Project wizard to create a new Android project. 1. Select File > New Project from the Eclipse toolbar. 2. Select Android > Android Application Project and click Next. 3. Fill out the application and project names and ensure the Minimum Required SDK is set to API 15 or higher, and click Next. 4. Accept the defaults on the next four dia- logs and click Finish. Add ArcGIS Android Libs Copy the contents from your local SDK download libs/ folder to your new project libs/ folder.